Shaded: damage area
Unit 1: 2023 Peterbilt 579
Truck (3 Axles or More)
- Direction of travel
- North
- Maneuver
- Ran Off Road - Right
- Driver, male, 32Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedNot injured
Crash on Interstate 81 North, Harrisonburg, Virginia
Monday, January 19, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Property damage onlyVirginia severity: Property damage only (O)2 vehicles
- Reporting agency
- City of Harrisonburg
- Document number
- 260220017
- Local case code
- DIV226005082
From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.
Where and when
- Location
- Interstate 81 North
- City, county
- Harrisonburg
- Collision type
- Fixed Object - Off Road
- Intersection type
- Not at Intersection
- First harmful event
- Impact Cushioning Device
- Traffic control
- Traffic Lanes Marked
- Work zone
- Yes
- Posted speed limit
- 60 mph
- Weather
- No Adverse Condition (Clear/Cloudy)
- Light
- Darkness - Road Not Lighted
- Road surface
- Dry
- Hit and run
- No
- People involved
- 2
- Injured
- 0
- Killed
- 0
Vehicles and people
Shaded: damage area
Unit 2: 2009 Hond Civic
Passenger car
- Direction of travel
- North
- Maneuver
- Slowing or Stopping
- Driver, female, 23Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedNot injured
What the officer recorded
- Unit 1 driver action
- Fail to Maintain Proper Controlas recorded on the report
A contributing factor or charge recorded by an officer is not a finding of fault or a conviction. We show the record as the state released it.
Nearby and recent
9 crashes recorded on Interstate 81 North in Harrisonburg in the last 12 months, 1 with injuries.
- Feb 18, 2026, Interstate 81 North2 vehiclesProperty damage only
- Feb 18, 2026, S Main St2 vehicles, 1 injuredInjury crash
- Feb 18, 2026, E Market St2 vehicles, 2 injuredInjury crash
- Feb 17, 2026, Interstate 81 Northbound1 vehicleProperty damage only
- Feb 17, 2026, Interstate 812 vehiclesProperty damage only
About this record
- Source
- VDOT crash data
- Updates
- Changes the state makes to this record are applied here when the source publishes them
- First published here
- October 25, 2026
- Last updated
- October 25, 2026, no changes recorded
- What is left out
- Names, addresses, plates, and license and insurance numbers are not in the public data and never appear here
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